BravoBug News

MotivationLOL, the ridiculously awesome and totally useless motivational poster software for Mac, has been updated to version 2.0. MotivationLOL allows you to make funny mock motivational posters easily on your Mac. Just drag a funny pic or a family photo onto the poster frame, type a title and caption, and click Save Poster!

New in 2.0:

• Zooming now keeps poster image centered (LOL)
• New option to send poster as an email attachment (LOL)
• Improved title text rendering for large font sizes (no longer clips… LOL)
• Added ability to change poster font (omg, LOL)
• Changed text size adjustment controls to sliders (… ok actually that’s not funny; the use of the stepper controls in version 1.0 was a gross User Interface misjudgment on our part, and we apologize.)

MotivationLOL is free, like the best things in life. Download it for your Mac by clicking here – and get motivated! LOL. (It requires 10.4 or later, by the way. For the PC version, click here, lol.)

Stay tuned for more info on BravoBug’s other soon-to-come updates.

PS: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

EasyBatch, the powerful multi-threaded batch photo app for Mac, has been updated to version 1.6.1. This update is free for registered users and contains several improvements, bug fixes, and a few small new features.

What’s new in v1.6.1?

• Image list preview loading now works in background for faster item selection
• Multicore processing preference button now disabled on single-core Macs
• Photos with Orientation metadata now show a ‘Needs Autorotate’ icon when previewed
• Improved speed of thumbnail redraw during window resizing
• Fixed rare crash when using Text Watermark sheet key combos
• New Padding setting for adding margins to text watermarks
• New Max Cores/Threads preference for finer control over multithreaded batches
• Added image list controls (check/uncheck) to standard menubar
• Reduced memory use during image processing for improved efficiency
• Fixed several memory leaks
• Closing text watermark sheet now automatically closes color picker and font panel
• Improved exception handling during several batch operations
• Switched to Sparkle Framework for automatic updating
• Improved crash reporter’s date checking for log files
• Added reminder/warning for very low JPEG quality settings

Download EasyBatch v1.6.1 here. If you find it useful, please consider supporting its development by purchasing a license key to unlock your copy. Have questions about using EasyBatch? Check the EasyBatch online help guide, or email BravoBug and we’ll get back to you. Thanks for visiting!

Stay tuned for more info on the upcoming releases of Blackout 3.4, Lotus 4.0.2, MacMetronome 1.1, and the new version of Mega BrickBash 3000!

Stay tuned for more info!

EasyBatch, the powerful batch photo app for Mac, has been upgraded to 1.6! This new release is a free update for registered users and includes numerous improvements and several new features. Some of the changes in the 1.6 upgrade:

• New text-based watermark generator
• Improved drag ‘n drop for input folders
• New ‘Scale by Largest Dimension’ option allows proportionate resizing to fit within a bounding box (maximum width/height)
• New built-in scaling calculator for quick number crunching
• Metadata/EXIF viewing options added to image list contextual menu
• Resizing is now applied after rotation, fixing some watermark positioning issues with auto-rotate and also providing uniform output resizing regardless of orientation
• Improved threading safety on several file operations
• Minor bug fixes, engine tweaks, and UI changes

EasyBatch 1.6 can be downloaded here. EasyBatch is free to try, but unregistered copies stamp output images with a watermark. If you find EasyBatch useful you can purchase a license key to unlock it by visiting the BravoBug Store. (Note: With this new update, EasyBatch’s single-user price has risen from $15 to $20.)

Coming soon: Blackout 3.4 , Lotus 4.0.2, MacMetronome 1.1, a new version of MBB3k, and more. Stay tuned!

EasyBatch 1.6 is in its final stages of development and will be available for download soon. This update contains many improvements over 1.5 and several new features including a text-based watermark generator, a built-in scaling calculator, new and improved drag-n-drop support, and more. The 1.6 update to EasyBatch will be free for registered users.

EasyBatch is one of the fastest and most powerful photo batch apps for Mac, with integrated tools for resizing, auto-rotating, watermarking, converting, and renaming your photo albums. To find out more, visit the official EasyBatch page.

Stay tuned for the official release!

Happy Holidays from BravoBug Software! BravoBug is currently cooking up some fun new updates to several of our apps (see the Coming Soon post below). These updates are expected to be released very soon, but in the meantime here’s a super-spooky, fun, and free MiLife Halloween Theme to get you in the festive spirit!

Click here to download the free theme. (It will open in a new browser tab. Choose Save from the File menu to save it to your Mac. Or right-click the link and choose Save Link As…)

Installing the Halloween theme to your copy of MiLife is easy:

1. Open up MiLife Edit
2. Choose Custom Image… from the Background Template pop-up menu
3. Select the downloaded Halloween theme image
4. Add stickers, if you want, and then click Save Theme…

Happy Holidays! Thanks for visiting and please check back soon for the upcoming releases to EasyBatch and others!